$15.6 million down the drain
Charlie Caltabiano after his hearing in the Brisbane Supreme Court.A FORMER rich lister who failed to settle a $16.85m contract on a Gold Coast high-rise penthouse has been ordered to pay the developer more than $15.6m — but doesn’t get to keep the unit.Industrial transport entrepreneur Charlie Caltabiano was sued by receivers for Juniper Property Holdings, developer of the Surfers Paradise landmark Soul, which went into receivership with debts to creditors of almost $700 million, in late 2012.I..>> view originalMan headbutted US Navy pilot
Bryce O'Neill leaves the Southport Magistrates Court. Picture: David Clark.A GOLD Coast man who headbutted a US Navy pilot, injuring him so badly he can no longer do his job, has admitted to the assault but claims he was provoked. Bryce Trevor O’Neill, 23, assaulted the American pilot, Anthony Hruby, at Boom Boom nightclub in Airlie Beach on Boxing Day in 2013.O’Neill, a Bundall-based fly-in-fly-out worker, could not be found by police and was not arrested until July 17 last year.In the Southpor..>> view originalWhy you should take Monday off
Shaun Austin at the Broadwater Parklands. Pic by Richard Gosling.GOLD Coast workers have been told to take Monday off for an extra long Australia Day weekend, but the weather bureau doesn’t know if it will be worth it. With our national day falling on Tuesday, the Tourism and Transport Forum (TTF) is encouraging full-time workers to tap into their average 15 days of annual leave and turn it into a five-day weekend.Shaun Austin, 16, at the Broadwater Parklands yesterday. Pic by Richard Gosling“Th..>> view originalInspiring Coast teen beats all odds
Joshua Manning, 18. Picture: Richard GoslingAUTISM sufferer Joshua Manning thrives on exercise because it makes him feel just like anyone else.So when a bike accident three years ago left him with barely any movement, the Varsity Lakes teenager was devastated.Doctors told him his sporting career was over after he crashed his bike coming down Tomewin Mountain while training with his dad Paul for an Olympic-level triathlon.“He was a few bikes ahead of me and I heard this almighty thud,” Mr Manning..>> view originalDeveloper Ell appeals tower vote
The tower approved by the Gold Coast City Council which is now the subject of an appeal.ONE of Australia’s richest developers is taking the Gold Coast City Council to court over its approval of a Budds Beach tower near his riverfront mansion.Billionaire Bob Ell has filed an appeal in the Planning and Environment court over a controversial 46-storey high-rise proposed for a site between Acacia and Oak avenues and vowed to continue the fight as long as the residents wanted him to.If built, the pro..>> view originalFederal Police powerless to stop Uber
UBER drivers are bypassing Gold Coast Airport’s “traffic police” by parking at a nearby public block of shops that allows drivers quick access to the airport’s pick-up/drop-off area.For the past three months, drivers have used the shared car park at Eastern Drive, Bilinga which includes businesses such as Subway and former tenant, the Australian Federal Police.Having allegedly been chased away from no stopping zones by airport staff and the AFP for “clogging up” roads around the Gold Coast Airpo..>> view originalThrough the past brightly
Grundy's waterslide at Surfers Paradise during the 1980s. Supplied photo.THERE is a captivating Facebook page called “I grew up on the Gold Coast in the 70s and 80s and listened to 4GG” where people post pictures and stories about the good old days.I have lost hours flicking through the photos and reading the comments from people who, like me, look back in a haze of wistful nostalgia at the Gold Coast of old.Legendary local photographer Richard ‘Tommy’ Campion regularly contributes pics from his..>> view originalTorched van leaves family stranded
Sukjoon Kim with the burnt out family van. Photo: Kit WiseA SYDNEY family is stranded on the Gold Coast after thieves broke into a Hinterland holiday unit and crept past sleeping children to steal keys to the family’s van.Sukjoon Kim, his wife and four children drove the van to Cedar Lake Country Resort at Advancetown for the much-anticipated holiday.But just three days in they are stuck, with no way home, after their only mode of transport was found ablaze in bushland at Nerang.The van and anot..>> view originalBaby blanket overload at hospital
Month-old baby girl Chloe May Vatteroth at her Ormeau home laying in the middle blankets being collected by her mother Sarah Vatteroth for the Gold Coast University Hospital’s special care nursery. Photo: Glenn HampsonIT’S not blanket weather unless you’re a premmie baby like Chloe May Vatteroth.The tiny 2kg bub has so little fat she needs to be rugged up to stay warm — and more than 1100 others like her have passed through the Gold Coast University Hospital’s newborn care unit.Chloe’s mum Sarah..>> view originalSamuel L Jackson: shoot Kong, make bank
Actor Samuel L Jackson has posted his first picture of the Gold Coast on his Instagram account after arriving from Melbourne, that’s him in the bottom left hand corner. Pic: Instagram.WITH a trademark left-eye-only selfie, cult film star Samuel L Jackson announced his arrival on the Gold Coast — sort of.“Made it to The Gold Coast in Brisbane! Bout to get back on da Grind!” he wrote to his 513,000 followers yesterday afternoon, slightly confused where the Glitter Strip was.He said he was here to ..>> view original
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